Improved portable shoe-brush and box



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HOTDUTHOGHAPHER. WASHINGTON. D (IV EDWIN A. PIERCE, oF'NEW YORK, N. Y.'

Letters Patent No. 102,430, dated April 26, 1870.

IMPROVED PORTABLE SHOE-BRUSH `.AND BOX.

The Schedule referred to in thele Letter! Patent and making part of the same.

To ai! whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, 'EDWIN A. PIERCE, of the city and State of New York, have invented and made an Improved Portable Shoe-brush and Box, and the fol-V lowing is'declared to be a correct description thereof.

Shoe-brushes have been made with handles upon the back, and boxes or holders have been vemployed for the blacking-box; these devices, however, are not adapted to the use of travelers, in consequence of the space that is occupied.

My invention is alportable toilet shoe-brush, adapted to being carried about by travelers either in a trunk or valise. It occupies but little space, and is not liable to soil the clothing with which it maybe packed.

I make use ot' a shoe-brush made with a back portion, a, with bristles b, for use in 'laying the moist blacking upon the boots or shoes, and with bristles cv for shining or polishing the shoe.

The space between the sections b and c of bristles is adapted t0 the reception of the box of blacking e, and the case made of sheet metal with a bottom, j, and hinged lid g receives the brush and box of' blacking and ncloses the same in a compact form, and so as to prevent the blacking soiling articles with which it 'may be packed.

In Figure 1 the box is shown as open, and containing 'the brush and blacking, and in Figure 2, a vertical longitudinal section is shown with the box closed.

This article is very convenient and useful, and can be carried about by travelers, as it takes but little space, and is ready for use upon removing the brush from the case and lifting off the hlacking4box.

.I claim as my invention- The brush constructed to receive the box of blacking between the 'sections b and c of' bristles, in combination with the inclosing case Vmade with a lid. as land 'for the purposes specified.

Signed by me this 24th day of March, A. D.-1870.

EDWIN A. PIERCE.

Witnesses:

HAROLD SERRELL,

GEO. T. PINCKNEY. 

